Engineering the DS Lite: 2 Nintendo hardware vets speak

Ever wonder what decisions go into a
hardware redesign? Thanks to the latest edition of Nintendo's Japanese online mag, we finally get a portable peek into
the DS Lite.

Two Nintendo engineers who worked on the cuter DS sibling reveal how they pulled off the svelte
new look while maintaining things like usability, battery life, and cost.

Who knew that the new stylus was
made "longer and wider to accommodate older users" (the Brain Age demographic who'd taken such a
shine to the now shinier little system)? Durable, reliable hardware: it's what Nintendo does best. Let's hope they
continue that trend with the Lite, as well as whatever other slicker iterations of the handheld that we're tempted to
purchase -- or repurchase -- in the future.